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The federal Department of Transportation announced Monday that $745 million would be going toward rail projects that will allow trains to travel up to 160 mph in some sections of the Northeast Corridor and to construction that will allow Amtrak ...

Two cars of a commuter train derailed as they headed under the Hudson River in New York on Tuesday, briefly stranding hundreds of passengers and snarling rail traffic throughout the Northeast for the rest of the day and into the ...

Amtrak President Joseph Boardman says he wants to step up security patrols of the passenger rail network and explore new technologies able to provide advance warning of track tampering following revelations that al Qaida considered attacking U.S. trains. Boardman told ...

Long Island Rail Road says normal service is back. The railroad is operating 143 trains for Friday morning’s rush and 126 trains during the evening commute. Commuters have had to endure service disruptions since Monday due to a derailment in ...

Long Island Rail Road riders again are being advised to give themselves extra time to get to work as repairs on a damaged track continues. The railroad says 22 of its 98 trains have been canceled, terminated or diverted for ...

Long Island Rail Road riders again are being advised to give themselves extra time to get to work as repairs on a damaged track continues. The railroad says 22 of its 98 trains have been canceled, terminated or diverted for ...

Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for better rail security now that the raid on Osama bin Laden‘s compound has turned up plans to attack trains in the U.S. Schumer said Sunday that he will push for the creation of a ...

In the wake of repairs by Amtrak that caused the Long Island Rail Road to cancel 21 trains during the peak rush hour period that coincided with the Jewish holiday of Passover on April 18, Sen. Charles Schumer has called ...

Long Island motorists appear to be heeding warnings to stay off icy roads. Authorities say traffic is light to moderate and few fender benders have been reported. The state Department of Transportation had extra workers out overnight pounding roads with ...

The U.S. passenger train service Amtrak is unveiling a $117 billion, 30-year vision for high-speed rail on the East Coast that would drastically reduce travel times along the congested corridor. At a news conference at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station on ...